Almost a year to the day that schoolboy Kyran Durnin was first reported missing from his home in Drogheda, Co Louth, gardaí have renewed their appeal for anyone with any information on the case to come forward.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has urged Western allies to send a "strong joint signal" to Vladimir Putin, after Russia killed 23 people in one of its deadliest attacks on Kyiv since the start of the war.

School secretaries and caretakers, who are engaging in strike action, will attend regional rallies across the country today to highlight their demands for public sector pensions and other entitlements.

From today, a long-standing tax-free allowance from the United States for parcel contents valued at less than $800 (€685) being posted from Europe is ending.

The value of mortgage approvals reached almost €1.8 billion in July which is the highest figure since 2011, according to latest figures from Banking & Payments Federation Ireland (BPFI).